Senior SC Transformation Manager

Department: Manufacturing

Profession: Supply Chain

Location (City, Country): Myanmar

Main Job Purpose:

(A concise statement setting out the main purpose and objectives of the job.)

The  Manager is responsible for operating a factory (or factories) as per agreed standards. S/he leads manufacturing activities in the factory to achieve desired service levels on time. The Factory Manager delivers site targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE.

Key Accountabilities:

(Please describe the responsibilities and end results that would be expected.)

• Deploy and deliver annual plan and financial results including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE
• Develop & Lead Execution of long-term site strategic plans, aligned with Business Objectives and Priorities
• Lead site to develop and implement continuous improvement plan and maintenance plans to deliver site targets – manufacturing performance management
• Manage and deliver the site’s financial results: annual budgets, Sourcing Unit Result, conversion costs and create programmes to deliver financial results
• Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations on site, for products, ways of working, service models and supply chain models
• Propose, agree with Category Technology and implement the necessary capital investments to meet the planned production requirements, safety, environmental and cost targets
• Pursue site’s long-term plan, including restructuring, re-engineering and retrofitting via effective prioritization and resources allocations
• Ensure all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are well maintained, enabling the most optimal cost from the efficient factory operation
• Support WCM activities and pillar teams by leading Steering Committee
• Co-ordinate and direct the factory operations to achieve the agreed production plans at the specified product quality with optimum labour, energy and materials utilization.
• Overview both Operational Expenditure (OPEX) and Capital Expenditure (Capex) authorization and spending plans of the site.
• Co-ordinate and direct the quality management in line with QA system and FSSC 22000 procedures.
• Support HR policy deployment and implementation on sites, keeping strong employee engagements & relations.
• Ensure effective local stakeholder management and community issues aligned with Unilever policies
• Lead on initiatives and projects aiming for sites integration and collaborative work along the extended supply chain
• Be the statutory head of factory where there is a legal separation  

Professional Skills:

(The minimum requirement from the JSP should be described, incl degrees/qualifications preferred.)

Please refer to Job Skills Profile

Experience Required:

(Please detail essential and desirable experience, including no. of years.)

ESSENTIAL

• 8- 10 Years experience in Supply Chain (Make/Technology, SHE, Quality are must, additionally Plan, R&D an advantage)

PREFERRED

• FMCG experience

Travel:

(Please make it clear if the job will require travel within the country or abroad and give an idea of how often the candidate will need to be away from home.)

As per job/site requirements

Contacts:

(Please list any internal and external contacts arising from the job.)

Internal:

• All SC Departments in Unilever
• Marketing / Demand Planning / Finance BP/ HRBP
• Local/Regional Engineering / SHE / Quality / SUIT/ Project Teams
• Regional Teams (R&D/Category SC/SM)
• HR / Legal/ Corporate Affairs
• Unilever factories and MSO’s

External:

• Material Suppliers
• Engineering, Utility and Equipment Suppliers, Contractors
• 3PL Suppliers, Co-Packers
• Trade Unions
• Local Authorities

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